Our choices in life determine our future. When we make wrong choices and everything falls apart, many people blame God for letting their lives crash and burn, not recognizing they walked right into the trap of the enemy — sometimes blindly, sometimes with eyes wide open. “‘O Israel,’ says the…
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Adam and Eve lived in their Father’s presence in the garden. They enjoyed intimate fellowship with their Father, experiencing the joy of His manifest presence. They were at peace, secure, living with confidence under His watch care. Then the deceiver, the serpent, enticed them and they bought the lie, took…
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When I first entered the ministry, nearly every morning I spent one to two hours in prayer. My prayers went something like this: “God, use me to save souls, use me to heal the sick, use me to cast out devils.” On and on I would pray – the same…
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What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do…
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Before my life with Christ, my running buddies and I had a saying posed in the form of a question: “Who's a man?” It was a question we'd ask before a good party, a hard fight, or an evening of whoring around. We were convinced that real men did what…
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The journey of wellness is about more than physical health. It also includes emotional, psychological, and spiritual wellness. When they are all combined, you have a strong sense of well-being and are able to pursue and accomplish significant, fulfilling life purposes. In other words: Your overall health is measured by…
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The way of peace is not a call to passivism. The way of peace is not a call to powerlessness. The way of peace is a call to know one's power. Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple. The Bible tells us he made a whip out of…
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Since we got the heave-ho from HGTV in 2014, we've done our fair share of media interviews – as in more than. When you get that much airtime, people tend to reduce you to a sort of “brand.” Somehow, the two of us have gotten a bit of a reputation…
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This Friday marked one of the most tragic and triumphant moments in human history. On a hill shaped like a skull, the Son of God hung on a cross between two thieves. Satan surely thought he was witnessing God’s greatest defeat, but he actually witnessed his own destruction and the…
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